"Worlds 10 Topmost costliest cars"

1.Bugati Veyronq=tbn:4iYZErAsR_YN7M::www.seriouswheels.com/pics-2006/2006-Bugatti-Veyron-W16-RA-Cutaway-1280x960.jpg&h=94&w=125&usg=__hLMTdbWb5fJOVGB0-w1n-UB2yU4=">- Its cost is $1,700,000

2.ferrari-enzo- Its cost is $1,000,000

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- Its cost is $741,000

4.Koenigsegg-ccx- Its cost is $600,910

5.porsche-carrera-gt- Its cost is $484,000

6.Mercedes-Benz-SLR-McLaren-Its cost is $455,500

7.Maybach_62-S_1- Its cost is $385,250

8.Rolls_Royce_Phantom
- Its cost is $320,000

9.Lamborghini_Murcielago- Its cost is $279,900

10.VillaDest3-Its cost is $255,000

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I found this fascinating quote today:

• New CRD ENGINE features 16 percent more power (120 kW / 163 hp DIN) and 5 percent improvement in fuel consumption (5.8 L/100 km compared to 6.1 L/100 km)
• Improvement in CO2 emissions by 3 percent (154 g/km compared to 159 g/km)
• Towing increased by 25 percent allows for trailer mass as great as 1500kg (braked)
• Torque improvement by 3 percent (320 N•m / 236 lb.-ft.) compared to the previous generation Dodge Caliber diesel
• Dual balance shafts, optimized diesel calibration and sound-deadening materials reduce diesel vibration and improve refinement by 25 percent
• Forged steel connecting rods, aluminum head and pistons provide durability and reduction in weight
• Euro 5 emission compliance through advanced diesel technology:
  
  • Cooled Exhaust-gas Recirculation (EGR) with switchable bypass
  • Fourth-generation direct injection with common-rail pressurized at 1800 bar
  • Intake module with integrated swirl control valves
  • Water pump and piston cooling are switchable for improved thermal management
  • Diesel-particulate Filter (DPF)
  
  
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I found this fascinating quote today:

• Dodge Caliber delivers high value, bold styling, comfort and the storage flexibility needed for active lifestyles


• All-new interior design offers versatility, comfort and convenience


• New organically-shaped instrument panel, door-trim panels and center console features chromed accents on HVAC vents, shift bezel, instrument panel, door spears and cluster rings


• Soft-touch padded door armrest and center console with split lid provide added storage space


• New automatic climate control system


• MusicGate Power™ Sound System includes a nine-speaker Boston Acoustics premium sound system with rear articulating speakers


• Chill Zone storage bin provides ability to chill beverages on a long trip


• LED illumination includes cup holder rings and removable and rechargeable LED cargo light


• Versatile seating provides quick and convenient cargo space with fold-flat, front-passenger seat and 60/40 split, fold-flat rear seats


• Reclining seatbacks provide additional rear seat comfort

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I found this fascinating quote today:

• All-new 2.2-liter Common-rail Diesel (CRD) engine delivers 16 percent more power and 3 percent more torque, while reducing fuel consumption by 5 percent and CO2 emissions by 3 percent


• All-new interior design features a cleaner, more refined design theme, highlighted by detailed chromed accents, soft-touch premium materials and additional storage spaces


• Sport Appearance package includes new 18-inch polished aluminum wheels


• Versatile interior featuring innovative Uconnect™ Navigation, MusicGate Power™ articulating liftgate speakers and Chill Zone™ cooled-beverage storage bin

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"Roger Federer wins 15th Grand Slam& creates history"

"He who deserves,achieves his target at any cost."Roger Federer,can be well contradicted by this statement.He is the greatest player born ever in lawn tennis history.It was wonderous to see him playing wimbledon final 2009 on sunday 05/07/2009.Their was tough competitive fight between the world champion,Roger Federer and Andy Roddick.
Andy Roddick too competitive, he played marvellously in an most extravacant manner but litle less than Roger Federer .It was intresting to see Andy Roddick broke Rogers service points, and Roger Federer couldn't break even a single service point off Roddick in about 4hrs 20minutes game but as Roger Federer broke a service point of Andy Roddick it was to win the grandslam title and thus creating the history by winning the15th grandslam title,Federer won in five sets, 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 16-14.It was Pete Sampras who had created record by winning the 14 grand slam titles,he was present over their as an audience and eventhough he praised Roger Federer for his excellent win over Andy Roddick and thus creating a history and said Roger Federer as greatest player ever born in tennis history.As i said earlier in my blog Roger is on his way to create history and so he did it,as we all know that history never repeats,it will be well remembered by everybody that Roger Federer was one to create history.Lot of famous people reached their to see this final,our superstar Sachin Tendulkar with his wife was their to see the Roger Federer's creation of history.
Roger Federer is excellent player having great potential and too good sportsmanship, he after winning the grand slam eventhough praised Andy Roddick for his wonderful play and at last he said" he is missing Rafael Nadal who may had capability to snatch wimbledon title from him.Thus i congratulate Roger Federer for his excellent play and creation of history.

"ROGER FEDERER ON HIS WAY TO CREATE HISTORY"

IT's well said that "Roger Federer moves like a whisper and executes like a wrecking ball". It is simply impossible to explain how he does what he does.Roger Federer,one of the greatest player in lawn tennis history i have ever seen in this world,he is undefinable because he does such mistories which nobody thinks to,he is just like "macavity the mistory cat".Whenever i see him play,i pray to god thats he wins each and every game, he is the guy with natural inborn talent.
Well he only quoted these lines “I like to play against guys who have beaten me, especially early in the career, try to get them back, ... He was a tough opponent for me for a long, long time.”he just said about Rafael Nadal,well again this guy Roger Federer has landed up to create a new history by reaching finals of grand slam. Roger is just one more win away from making tennis history! He advanced to his record seventh.Roger Federer will begin his pursuit of a record 15th grand slam title at Wimbledon on sunday 05/07/2009 in London,eventhough i was amazed too see how this guy defined as "With the monkey well and truly off his back after a career-defining victory at the French Open", Roger Federer will begin his pursuit of a record 15th grand slam.As we know that how Federer flies into seventh straight final by sweeping aside Tommy Haas of Germany 7-6 7-5 6-3 in two hours and two minutes in an most outstanding play.
Thus this undefinable guy is on his way to create history may god fulfill his dreams and i wish him all the best.

"A BASIC REVIEW ABOUT SEOMEGACORP.COM"

Its well said that "Dedication and Hard labour leads a person to achieve every success in his deeds".So on behalf of this statement,i would like to give u reviews about the company www.seomegacorp.com.

The term seo stands for "search engine optimization" and megacorp stands for variety of corporated task confined to seo.The above named company is owned by "Manish Pandey",well this person is impossible to describe.He is born with multiple talents.He is engineer cum seo expert ranking 7th in the world.He was dedicated to seo works from beginning of his engineering careers,he made lots n lots of site,at the end he launched a company named seomegacorp.com.

Specification:seomegacorp.com is a seo and web designing company in india with basic specifications which are as follows.

1. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
2. Social Media Optimization (SMO)
3. Web Development Services
4. Web Design Services

The charge incorporated to diffrent tasks are given on the companies dashboards following each specications.Well this company has four dedicated workers working on it to lead it as top most company of the world.As we all know that a persons dedications leads a person to his aim so i will give u a example of MACH MULLENWEG(Wordpress founder),what to say aba him in real scense he is encouragement or a moral character to every person to build their future.He is just a 26 year old guy earning in millions and millions.So on behalf of his guidance and approach my senior sir Manish Pandey is approaching towards his success,to let the company have name and fame all over the world,as though now its just a beginning he has medium level staffs with multiple talents who have success in seo and making their articles popular.The other staffs mentioned are Anchal kumar Singh,Prashant vikram Singh(he is the guy with multiple talents and basic qualities).
Hoping this company will acieve every success and reach its top peak.Last but not the least i would like to say on my behalf all the best to my dear Manish Pandey!

"HONDA SIEL TO LAUNCH "HONDA JAZZ" IN JUNE2009"

As it is beautifully quoted by Jimmy Carter “For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.”Thus viewing above comfort requirement of human beings in this generation day by day automobile companies are launching variety of new models with variety of intributes,to adhere luxury and comfort at most utmost level.

Thus to be clear and frank i would like to inform that famous automobile company

"HONDA SIEL CARS INDIA(HSCI)" which is located at a place called GREATER NOIDA will

be coming up with its new launch "HONDAJAZZ"in mid of June 2009,its an complete premium

hatchback of the company,this will be competeting other launches from other

companies.As we can see honda cars are more luxurious and comfortable as compared to

other companies launches sale of honda cars has increased to most utmost level in

these two to three years.

Going to specification of the new launch by honda i would like to inform you

that HONDA JAZZ will roll out from HONDA SIEL CARS INDIA(HSCI),GREATER NOIDA.It will

powered with 1200cc petrol iVTEC engine,it will have overall length of 3900mm and

width of 1695mm, wheel base of 2500mm, boot space of about 400 liter, seating

capacity of 5 persons,their will be five doors, displacement range of engine of

1200cc and power of engine 100@6000(PS@rpm)having manual transmission with five

gears.This would be price around the range of 5.5 lakhs to 6.5 lakhs.

Thus viewing the price range which is too optimum to be afforded by anybody.

As i would like to inform you that this Honda Jazz will have Skoda Fabia and hyundai

i20 for competition.As CEO says that JAZZ will do best in indian market and so do i,

ending will the compliments all the best for its sucess.

E 75 review with detailed specifications

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Well a new launch in E series segment.this series segement is already popular name in enterprise(E) segment.
it is not only a business phone but has few capabilities of music phone also.
price is comparable to E71 and functionally comparable to E90 albeit a cheap alternative to E90
nokia is following a gradual shift from E=INTERPRISE TO E=efficient phones.the display of the phone is quite large made up of tft cells.
E75 is unique, because it offers two keyboards at a time - digital and traditional full-QWERTY. The 12-button panel is quite normal, appropriate for short messaging.
Nokia E75 has a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus and flash. With its quality this handset’s camera is better than E66 and E71, its module is quite different; it provides more natural colors and there is no care in the violet color. Closest to the quality of similar N-series is, for example, N78. Video clips are recorded to a maximum resolution of 640×480 (VGA) at 30 frames per second. Video format is MPEG4. Video quality is high and completely similar to most smartphones of N-series. The same can be said about the quality of sound recording. In this respect the devices of Nokia are traditionally strong.

Full specifications of Nokia E75

Hardware

Dimensions

* Form: Side slider with full keyboard
* Dimensions: 4.40 x 1.97/3.15 x 0.57 in
* Weight: 4.89 oz
* Full keyboard + number keys
* High quality QVGA display

Display and User Interface

* Size: 2.4″
* Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
* Up to 16 million colors
* TFT active matrix (QVGA)
* Two customizable home screen modes

Power Management

* BL-4U 1000 mAh Li-Po standard battery
* Talk time:
o GSM up to 5 h 20 min
o WCDMA up to 4 h 20 min
o VoIP over WLAN: Up to 9 hours
* Standby time:
o GSM up to 11.6 days
o WCDMA up to 11.25 days
o WLAN up to 5.4 days
* Music playback time (maximum): 25 hours

Operating Frequency

* Nokia E75-2 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900/2100 HSDPA
* Offline mode

Keys and Input Method

* Full QWERTY keyboard
* Dedicated one-touch keys: Home, calendar and email
* Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialing
* Intelligent input with auto-completion, auto-correction and learning capability
* Accelerated scrolling with Navi™ Key
* Notification light in Navi™ Key

Connectivity

* Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
- Bluetooth profiles: A2DP, AVRCP, BIP, BPP, DI, DUN, FTP, GAVDP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HSP, HID, OPP, PBAP, SPP, SAP
* MTP (Multimedia Transfer Protocol) support
* High-Speed USB 2.0
* Printing
* Network (Raw). Direct TCP/IP socket connection to any specified port (a.k.a. HP JetDirectTM).
* Network (LPR). Line Printer Daemon protocol (RFC1179).
* Printing to file
* USB PictBridge printing
* Support for local and remote SyncML synchronisation, iSync, Intellisync, ActiveSync
* Micro-USB connector support charging, High-Speed USB 2.0
* 3.5 mm AV connector

Security Features

* Device lock
* Remove lock
* Data encryption for both phone memory and microSD content

Memory

* microSD memory card slot, hot swappable, max. 16 GB
* 50 MB internal dynamic memory

Data Transfer

* CSD
* HSCSD
* GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 100/60 kbps (DL/UL)
* EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL)
* WCDMA 900/2100 or 850/1900 or 850/2100, maximum speed 384/384 kbps (DL/UL)
* HSDPA class 6, maximum speed 3.6 Mbps/384 kbps (DL/UL)
* WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g
* WLAN Security: WPA2-Enterprise, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Enterprise, WPA-Personal, WEP
* WLAN Quality of Service: WMM, U-APSD
* WLAN Wizard
* TCP/IP support
* Nokia PC Internet Access (capability to serve as a data modem)
* IETF SIP and 3GPP

Communications

Email and Messaging

* Supported protocols: IMAP4, Mail for Exchange, POP3, SMTP
* Support for email attachments
* IMAP IDLE support
* Support for Nokia Messaging service
* Easy email set-up
* SMS
* Multiple SMS deletion
* Text-to-speech message reader
* MMS
* Distribution lists for messaging
* Instant messaging with Presence-enhanced contacts
* Cell broadcast
* IBM Lotus Notes Traveler

Call Management

* Integrated handsfree speakerphone
* Automatic answer with headset or car kit
* Any key answer
* Call waiting, call hold, call divert
* 3GPP VCC
* Call timer
* Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
* Automatic redial and fallback
* Speed dialing
* Fixed dialing number support
* Vibrating alert (internal)
* Side volume keys
* Mute key
* Contacts with images
* Conference calling
* VoIP

Browsing and Internet

* Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML MP, WML, CSS
* Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP 2.0
* TCP/IP support
* Nokia browser
o JavaScript version 1.3 and 1.5
o Mini Map
* Nokia Mobile Search
* Nokia PC Internet Access (capability to serve as a data modem)

Software & Applications

Applications

* Java™ MIDP 2.1
* Flash Lite 3.0
* Chat and instant messaging
* Nokia browser
- JavaScript version 1.3 and 1.5
- Mini Map
* Dictionary
* Quickoffice (Quickword, Quickpoint, Quicksheet)
* PDF Viewer
* ZIP Manager
* Download!
* File Manager
* Nokia Search
* Nokia Maps
* Adding more applications:
- Use the Download! Client
- Over-the-air (OTA) downloads) take these away

Software Platform

* S60 3rd Edition
* Feature Pack 2 based on SMain disadvantages:ymbian OS v9.3
* Two home screens with Customizable active standby views
* Voice commands

Video

* Main camera:
- 640 x 480 (VGA) up to 30 fps
- 320 x 240 (QVGA) up to 30 fps
- 176 x 144 at 15 fps (QCIF)
- digital video zoom
- video light
* 176 x 144 at 15 fps (QCIF)
* digital video zoom
* video light
* Front camera:
- Video recording at up to 176 x 144 pixels (QCIF) and up to 15 fps
- Up to 2x digital video zoom

Video Codecs & Formats

* Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4 VSP
* Audio recording formats: AMR, AAC
* Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, incandescent, fluorescent
* Scene modes: automatic, night
* color tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
* Clip length (maximum): 1 h
* Video calling: 3GPP Video Call with H.263, MPEG-4 and H.264 video codecs and AMR-NB audio

Video Sharing & Playback

* RealPlayer
* Real time video sharing to another compatible mobile device
* Video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
* Online album/blog: photo/video uploading from gallery
* Video playback file formats: Flash Video, mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4 VSP,RealVideo,H.264 and WMV9
* Video streaming: .3gp, mp4, .rm
* Customizable video ring tones

Photography

Camera

* 3.2 megapixel camera (2048 x 1536 pixels)
* Image formats: JPEG/EXIF
* CMOS sensor
* 8X digital zoom
* Autofocus
* Focal length: 3.7 mm
* Focus range: 10 cm to infinity
* Macro focus: 10-60 cm
* LED flash

Image Capture

* Flash modes: Automatic, On, Red-eye reduction, Off
* Flash operating range: 1 m
* White balance modes: automatic, sunny, incandescent, fluorescent
* Center weighted auto exposure; exposure compensation:
+2 ~ -2EV at 0.7 step
* Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video
* Scene modes: auto, user defined, close-up, portrait, landscape, night, night portrait /li>
* color tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
* Full-screen viewfinder with grid
* Active toolbar
* Share photos with Share on Ovi

Music and Audio

Music and Audio Features

* Music player
* Media player
* Music playback file formats: .mp3, .wma, .aac, AAC+, eAAC+
* Audio streaming formats: .rm, .eAAC+
* FM radio 87.5-108 MHz (required wired headset to be attached)
* Internet Radio
* 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
* Nokia Music Manager
* Nokia Music Store support
* Nokia Video Manager
* Nokia Podcasting support
* Customizable ring tones
* Synchronize music with Windows Media Player
* Navi™ wheel support
* Voice Aid

Voice and Audio Recording

* Voice commands
* Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialing (SIND)
* Voice recorder
* Audio recording formats: AMR-WB, AMR-NB
* Speech codecs: FR, EFR, HRO/1, AMR-HR, and AMR-FR
* Text-to-speech

Navigation

Maps and Navigation

* Integrated A-GPS
* Nokia Maps application

Package Contents

Sales Package Contents

* Nokia E75
* Nokia Battery (BL-4U)
* Nokia High-Efficiency Charger (AC-8U), reduce standby energy consumption to just 10% of the power used by conventional chargers
* Nokia Connectivity cable (CA-101)
* Nokia Stereo Headset (HS-43)
* User Guide, Quick Start Guide and other documentation
* 4 GB microSD memory card


Main disadvantages:

* Rather expensive at this point (more than 350 euro)
* Controls around the D-pad are too tiny
* Mediocre camera performance
* Fingerprint-prone cheap-looking front
* Wiggling cheapo camera key
* Limited battery life (in comparison to the E71)

"A Glimpse At The Seldom Discussed son of Nehru"

It is not only the son of Nehru that people seldom discuss, there are many other matters concerning the Nehrus that have escaped the attention of our people. Such lack of attention is not necessarily a phenomenon that affects the foreigners; it is only the Indians, primarily the Hindus of India, who suffer from such lack of perception. It is our own people who do not know in depth their leaders. That is a shame! We saw how the British got rid of then Prince of Wales, Edward VIII, for reasons of an unacceptable marriage with the twice divorced Wallis woman!

A very common question about the Nehru’s, if asked, inevitably draws a wrong answer or at best, no answer at all, from even the knowledgeable literati of the Indian media, teachers and professors, politicians and ministers, etc.

The question is: "Who was the (paternal) grandfather of Rajiv Roberto Gandhi, son of Indira, daughter of Jawahar Lal Nehru?" And you will not be surprised to hear that most people, including even the Ph.D.s of Indian Universities reply right away that it was Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. People forget that Jawahar was only the maternal grandfather and NOT the paternal grandfather! No one seems to know that Rajiv Roberto's father was Firoz Khan (who had changed his name by an affidavit to avoid arousing attention of the people of India, primarily Hindus) and therefore, the (paternal) grandfather of Rajiv was the father of Firoz. His name was Nawab Khan, a Sunni Moslem who used to supply liquor to the Nehru family.

Kamala Nehru eventually died in Switzerland of tuberculosis after a long bout with the disease. Daughter Indira, who had a totally un-Hindu upbringing was left to herself. The senior aunt, Nan (later Vijaya Lakshmi) was herself running after unhealthy company terminating in an elopement with a Moslem man called Syud Husain. Some say Syud was an illegitimate son of Moti Lal and that was the primary reason for Moti Lal's refusal to agree to the marriage with Syud, for then it would be a marriage between half siblings. There could be no other reason for an agnostic like Moti Lal, whose most intimate friends were all Mohammedans, to have refused his blessing to Nan's wedding with Syud!

Be that as it may, as soon as Kamala Nehru (wife of Jawahar) died, whatever restrictions, real or imaginary there had been, in the way of keeping a check on Jawahar's conduct vis à vis other women, disappeared. The prime minister of India, a widower, started conducting himself absolutely shamelessly. He started running after skirts and saris, gave up all important work connected with the wellbeing of the state of India and her people. Other than looking after the members of his own immediate family, such as promoting Vijay Lakshmi in the UNO, clearing the path of his own daughter to the post of the future prime minister of India, etc. he had no other interests. Huge territories of India were taken over by communist China, once Nehru's good friend; Kashmir was attacked by Islamic Pakistan but he would not care. Weren't there more interesting items to pay attention to? There was Edwina of course but then there were also many more to attend to!

M.O. Mathai, said that a young woman from northern India arrived at the convent a few months ago and gave birth to a baby boy. She refused to divulge her name or give any particulars about herself. She left the convent as soon as she was well enough to move out but left the child behind. She however forgot to take with her a small cloth bundle in which, among other things, several letters in Hindi were found.

"The Mother Superior, who was a foreigner, had the letters examined and was told they were from the Prime Minister. The person who brought the letters surrendered them. But he declined to give his name, or the name of the Mother Superior, or the name and address of the convent. Nehru was told of the facts. He tore off the letters without any emotion reflected in his face. He showed no interest in the child then or later...
Says Mathai:"I made discreet enquiries repeatedly about the boy but failed to get a clue about his whereabouts. Convents in such matters are extremely tightlipped and secretive. Had I succeeded in locating the boy, I would have adopted him. He must have grown up as a Catholic Christian blissfully ignorant of who his father was."
It is quite possible that if the bastard son of Nehru could be located, he and not Indira would have ruled India. Elsewhere, in the same book, Mathai writes:"Some of the great men in the past have been 'bastards'. Confucius and Leonardo da Vinci are classic examples. In modern times we have had Ramsay MacDonald and now Willy Brandt."
However, for those readers who are disappointed in not having Nehru's bastard son as India's ruler, there is nothing to lose. Writes Mathai elsewhere in the same book (pg. 94):"For some inexplicable reason, Nehru allowed the marriage (between Indira and Feroze) to be performed according to Vedic rites in 1942.


"In the autumn of 1948 a young woman from Benares arrived in New Delhi as a sanyasini named Shradha Mata. She was a Sanskrit scholar and well versed in ancient Indian scriptures and mythology. People, including MPs, thronged to her to hear her discourses. One day, S.D. Upadhyaya, Nehru's old employee, brought a letter in Hindi from Shradha Mata about whom he spoke very highly. Nehru gave her an interview in the PM's house. As she departed, I noticed that she was young, shapely and beautiful. Meetings with her became rather frequent, mostly after Nehru finished his work at night. During one of Nehru's visits to Lucknow, Shradha Mata turned up there, and Upadhyaya brought a letter from her as usual. Nehru sent her the reply; and she visited Nehru at midnight. Padmaja was hysterical...
"Suddenly Shradha Mata disappeared. In November 1949 a convent in Bangalore sent a decent-looking religious and intercaste marriage under Vedic rites at that time was not valid in law. To be legal, it had to be a civil marriage. So, strictly under the law, Indira was only a 'concubine' and her children are 'bastards'." So, Rajiv, a 'bastard' by this definition replaced the other 'bastard', the unknown son of Jawahar. However, this incident of secret delivery of Jawahar's bastard son at the convent drastically limited Nehru's personal and prime ministerial freedom. He became overly subservient to the Catholic lobby and the GoI became absolutely powerless in matters concerning the missionary fathers and their vile practices to convert India's poor. However, Nehru had to pay the price too. He died of syphilis.

ibm buying sun ;not so shocking

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BM has opened talks of buying Sun Microsystems, if done it will create an interesting consolidation of the software, server and storage markets.

According to the Wall Street Journal IBM is ready to shell out a price of $6.5bn. Sun is currently capitalised at $3.7bn ($4.97/share), but its share price has persistently fallen since the heady days of the dot com boom and has under-performed that of its computer systems competitors over the last few years, making it a much less expensive purchase now that it would have been three or four years ago.

both being big players in the server, storage and systems software markets,this deal happens to be a big talked about one.

Sun has been hawking itself around the industry recently, looking to be bought, with HP also mentioned as one potential buyyer. If true, this confirms the perception that Sun has been impoverished by CEO Jonathan Schwartz's strategy of moving into open source software and relying for revenue growth on converting Solaris, Java and MySQL developers' into purchasers of Sun's servers, storage and services.

Unfortunately for Sun execs and investors, the free software download conversion rate into revenue dollars has been derisory, with Schwartz having promised soon-come blue revenue skies for what seems like years. Sun has continued to make money but its revenues have under-performed compared to its peers, and the company has been forced to go through rounds of restructuring and staff cuts - the most recent in January - to try and keep costs in balance with revenues.

Activist investor Southeastern Asset Management became Sun's biggest shareholder recently and some of the recent restructuring efforts have been thought to be influenced by this. Schwartz has consistently said he wants to work with this investor to increase shareholder value.

Selling Sun to IBM would give Southeastern Asset Management a profit on its investment and could be what it has been working for all along, and why it ponied up investment dollars in the first place.

There has been widespread industry speculation about Sun's future as analysts and commentators wonder how sustainable has been the board's and investors' faith in the Schwartz-led company and its strategy. But the fit of Sun's vast portfolio of assets into potential purchaser's businesses has always been a problem.

So why would IBM want a company which, at first glance, fits awkwardly into its portfolio of systems and services?
Sun product overview

Sun makes proprietary Sparc RISC servers, x86 servers and has storage and networking hardware, its Open Solaris operating system and allied software, its recently-acquired MySQL open source data base business, the massively popular Java software line, and its services business.

It has its own server chip design business and has persisted with this, in conjunction with Fujitsu, devising a line of multi-core processors to try and keep its servers ahead of the commodity x86 price/performance curve. IBM has its own RISC PowerPC chips which overlaps with Sparc. It's possible that the Sparc chip business will be offloaded to Sun partner Fujitsu, with the Sparc customer base being transitioned to PowerPC or x86 systems.

Sun's servers will overlap with IBM's PowerPc servers, and their users would surely be transitioned to IBM's own kit with the Sparc server line heading to the proprietary server cemetery. This transition will be eased by Solaris running on both Sun and IBM servers.

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Microsoft’s new Windows 7 is amazing. It’s super lightweight, slick, and it has a beautiful interface.

Windows 7 has some great new features, too, like drag to maximize Windows to take 50% or more of the screen. It has a cool auto-preview feature on the Taskbar, where if you hover over the Internet Explorer icon, it will show you thumbnails of all the windows you’ve opened, and you can select the one you want to pull up.

I would even go as far as saying that Microsoft Windows 7 is on the verge of offering a better operating system experience than Apple’s latest OS. If Microsoft can get the search feature to work instantly, I think they have a total winner on their hands. There is still the question of how to counter Apple’s iLife; more about that in a moment.

Overall, I would say this is easily the most significant launch in Microsoft’s history. The question is, how significant is significant?

In the past (that is, pre-Vista), people would line up their purchases of new hardware with the launch of a new operating system from Microsoft. We expected that the new software would require much more significant hardware requirements; therefore, it was expected that many people would buy a new computer along with their new OS.

Well, that was the past.

Microsoft’s new OS is so slick that it seems to run better on Windows XP-based machines. In other words, if you have a slow computer, you should try blowing the dust off of it and install Windows 7 on it and see how well it runs; you might be surprised. In my case, I took a new HP Mini, which came installed with Windows XP, dumped XP, and installed Windows 7. The machine runs incredibly fast (albeit the video is still not to my liking) and makes me question the importance of new hardware in Microsoft’s eyes. HP chose Windows XP for the Mini because Windows Vista’s hardware requirements are somewhat insane. If Windows 7 runs faster than Windows XP on lower-end hardware, how well does it run on high-end hardware, and does it matter to most people?

That's the question we're still trying to answer at HP, but it seems fairly clear that the days when people would line up to buy new hardware to go along with a new Microsoft Windows OS are probably over. I simply cannot see how Windows 7 will drive hardware sales. I believe that in order to drive hardware sales, we need to continue to come up with meaningful, slick, innovative designs that our customers will want to purchase at some point. In the meantime, I can see many people lining up to buy a retail version of Windows 7 to install on their current hardware, and that might be enough to keep them going for a while.

What really got me thinking was when I took an old red Envy notebook from back in the day and installed Windows 7 on it without a hitch. I used a couple of Vista drivers to clean it up, and it runs beautifully. It’s a perfect PC for my 6-year-old to putter around on now.

What about Apple’s iLife? So far, Microsoft doesn’t have a clear answer for it. The company’s Live services are meant to answer the Apple iLife solution, but Live is sorely lacking in a number of areas. Even though it now offers things like an easy-to-use Web development program, blogging, and so on, it’s just not as complete or as refined as iLife. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens there. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; if someone can develop an iLife competitor for the PC, they’ll make millions.

I do believe Microsoft’s new OS could lead to some strong competition for Apple—that is, if everyone involved plays their cards right.

So here are the questions I ask myself;

a) Is the operating system as meaningful as it once was, or will things like Google Android combined with Cloud Computing, Chrome, Google Docs, Windows Live, etc make the OS less significant?

b) Will the OS, especially Windows 7 drive new hardware sales? Two thoughts here; one is Windows 7 is faster than XP, so uhhh you could install 7 on your XP machine and kick ass again... The second thought is Windows 7 does enable new hardware features such as touch, which makes me think new hardware designs might be appealing in many cases...

c) Is a mini notebook with Windows 7 enough for most people?

"After optimizing, GPSworld.com grew Google AdSense revenue 100 percent."

GPSworld.com

is a publication web site of Questex Media Group, a global business-to-business integrated media provider serving a variety of industries - technology, beauty, travel, hospitality, leisure, home entertainment, industrial and specialty services. A major initiative for the company is to deploy a range of enhanced web offerings to complement its well-established, market-leading publications, events, interactive media and integrated marketing services. Questex properties include 23 trade publications, 50 websites, 25 conferences and tradeshows. The company has more than 400 employees in offices throughout North America, South America, Asia and Europe.To succeed in business-to-business marketing, Questex complements traditional print publications and in-person conferences with websites featuring rich content and interactivity. A major advantage for Questex is its ability to implement across delivery channels in an integrated way that reaches extremely targeted markets.
CHALLENGE: Dana Fisher, Group Publisher for Questex Media's technology group, spotted an immediate opportunity to reach highly targeted audiences with spot-on messaging, content and ads on its property www.GPSworld.com, a website for GPS (global positioning satellite) users ranging from the military and construction industry workers to consumers who are outdoors enthusiasts. The site averages 430,000 page views and approximately 115,000 unique visitors per month.To launch the site profitably, Fisher wanted to build revenue by running relevant advertising throughout the GPS World web pages. She knew that contextual advertising using Google AdSenseTM would provide content matching the site, promoting a community feeling and increasing the site's usefulness.
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Web Operations Manager:"AdSense has become our standard means of generating immediate revenue as we develop site content and richness."
"It takes time and dollars to move websites into production and build a robust platform for our mainstay advertisers," says Peterson. "AdSense has become our standard means of generating immediate revenue as we develop site content and richness. And once other advertising takes off, AdSense continues to deliver a steady stream of income."
RESULT:Sushko reports that Google AdSense "blew other contextual advertising networks out of the water." Google immediately began filling his ad space efficiently, without fail, and without any effort on his part. He was impressed with the revenues that came streaming in, but even more important for Sushko, his users didn’t realize they were looking at advertisements. "AdSense ads are extremely well targeted and non-invasive to my visitors," says Sushko. "They’re more like supplementary content than ads, which makes them useful for visitors."In addition to running ads on content pages, Sushko runs AdSense ads on his discussion forums, where he notes that the ads are easily visible but do not interfere with the user experience. He optimizes his revenue by ensuring that the ads match the color of the site and by trying out ads in a variety of locations. He notes that adjustments are easy to make and that even small changes can yield a significant increase in daily revenues. He’s now looking forward to running video ads to attract attention and keep users entertained and informed.
For Questex, the AdSense campaign for GPSworld.com is only the beginning. The company is also using AdSense to enhance revenues on other web properties. Fisher says, "The AdSense model makes perfect sense for reaching customers in a cost-effective, unobtrusive and relevant way. Whether we are talking about pest control or computer-aided design, it's a wonderful opportunity for web publishers."

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"Mercedes-Benz HYBRID preparing for U.S. debut this summer"

As we can see that in this fashionable world competetion is upto its most orthodox level,in every field their's a competetion and so is the case with automobiles.Every automobile company wants to satisfy their customers by giving comfort and luxury such that their needs are marked positive throughout,thus by having the view of this competetion "Mercedes is going to launch its S 400 BlueHYBRIDin U.S by this june 2009"
The basic characterisics and features of this hybrid are
1.Mercedes-Benz Talks Batteries, Hybrid and EV Plans: Mercedes-Benz is preparing to transform its flagship S-Class sedan into an "economy" car offering gas mileage comparable to that of the Honda Accord, and that will be only the beginning of the car's fuel consumption makeover, the company promises.
The key change: incorporating a new lithium-ion battery that Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG has been developing since the early 1990s.Due largely to technology advances achieved in the last six years, Mercedes-Benz engineers say, the battery is now ready for mass production and will be used first in the S400 BlueHybrid , a new gasoline-electric S-Class sedan slated to go on sale after the summer of 2009.Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHybrid is first production lithium ion hybrid
2.Superior Quality Replacement Parts: Reviving Old Mercedes Benz' Luster:No other name in the automobile industry has ever matched Mercedes Benz' prestige and high reputation. Through the years, Mercedes Benz has always been an icon for luxury and high performance cars and accordingly, every vehicle that carries a Mercedes Benz badge is an explicit representation of what every person desires to drive. It is Mercedes Benz' tradition to build cars of excellent design, outstanding engineering and top quality auto parts to give it users high level of driving satisfaction—a tradition which it had cultivated for more than a century now.if you have ever seen an old model of Mercedes Benz, you need to be extra careful of your car since it is more prone to car problems. No matter how solid its construction is, sooner or later it will wear out. Exterior parts need to be checked as well-hood doors,bumpers may have cracks, dents and holes. Replacing it with new and more stylish parts can also give your car a fresh new look. Finding replacement auto parts for Mercedes used to be a problem since Mercedes Benz is one of those automakers that hardly approve the use of non-OEM replacement parts. Available aftermarket Mercedes Benz Parts offered were usually high in price. catalytic converter, tail lights, wheels, window regulator, grille guards, headlights, mirror, spoiler and radiator. If you want great savings for your Mercedes Benz E-Class Parts, Mercedes Benz C-Class Parts and Mercedes Benz SL-Class Parts, visit Auto Parts Wholesale, the home of top quality automotive parts for various car makes and models, including Mercedes Benz. Auto Parts Wholesale is among the leading suppliers of high quality automotive parts for Mercedes Benz. So don't worry now about restyling, upgrading and improving old Mercedes Benz.
3.Reducing cost of gas with hybrid cars:The first successfully designed, engineered and launched hybrid car was by Ferdinand Porsche all the way back in 1899. How surprisingly long ago it has been since the first hybrid car and only of recent years have we been able to find a way to bring hybrid cars to the home users. With the continual rise in the cost of gasoline, most consumers welcome the new breed of cars in the form of hybrid cars. Hybrid cars use multiple propulsion systems to provide power. It combines the use of gas and also electric to power up the car. Hybrid cars are comparatively smaller than the usual internal combustion engines and have been known to save consumers quite a bit of money every month on gas. One question lingers on...how can a hybrid car save me, the consumer, money? Well, the basic reason is because hybrid cars don't use as much gas as the normal cars we see on the road. When the hybrid car is being driven or in use, they are recharging their batteries. And when the hybrid car is cruising or stationary, it also charges the batteries. Of course, we've heard of the all-electric cars which use nothing but electric which requires one to charge the car up whenever not in use through an external source and we've also heard of the range extending trailer. But if convenience, safety and money are important to you, consider the hybrid car as a complete life saver. Although not completely certified to be so because the hybrid car continues to use gas (which is not environmental friendly), the hybrid car, when compared to the conventional car, is more environmentally-friendly. In fact, the fuel economy advantage provided by hybrid cars is good enough for the US Government because they provide a tax credit of up to $3,400 for owners of hybrid cars. How can a hybrid car save me money? Because the use of self-charging electrical components within the car means that the hybrid car uses less fuel. Because the internal combustion engine in a hybrid car is much smaller than the conventional car. Therefore, it is not only smaller, but it is much lighter and more efficient than any other cars we've known. Because when the car is moving, is idle or stationary or when the car brakes, it is a chance for the batteries to recharge itself. The more electricity it uses from the batteries, the less fuel it uses. Simple and logical.
4.Next hybrid for Mercedes Benz will be a diesel-electric M-Class:Mercedes Benz will launch its first ever hybrid model with the introduction of the all-new S400 BlueHYBRID, a petrol-electric hybrid based on the S-Class sedan, later this year. Its next hybrid, however, will reportedly be a more advanced diesel-electric model based on the M-Class SUV.According to a new report, the M-Class hybrid will go on sale in the second half of the year. The vehicle will feature the same dual-mode hybrid system found in the S400 BlueHYBRID but in the SUV it will be mated with a 3.2L low-emission Bluetec turbodiesel engine and AWD system.
The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe which will replace the old CLK made its official debut this week and will be revealed to the world at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. The new vehicle will include the following gasoline engine options: a 204bhp turbo 1.8-liter four-pot in the E250 CGI, a 292bhp 3.5-liter V6 in the E350 CGI, and a 388bhp 5.5-liter V8 in the E500.
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Mercedes hybrid leads the charge:Mercedes already has a fleet of fuel-cell A-Classes running around in daily use, and this F600 research car has a fuel-cell stack that's 40 per cent smaller, simpler, more efficient, a lot cheaper and more robust in cold temperatures than that one. Which is all good stuff to bring production closer - and Mercedes said at the show it's aiming for 'production maturity' of fuel cells (though not in exactly this vehicle) between 2012 and 2015.The F600 runs with a hybrid-drive system: the fuel cell output is pretty steady, and a battery buffers the supply of electricity to the drive motor as needed: in acceleration fuel cell and battery supply current in tandem, but in gentle cruising or deceleration the motor acts as a generator and recharges the battery. By using a hybrid drive and a lithium-ion battery, total system power peaks at 115bhp. And it's claimed to have a 250-mile range on its compressed hydrogen tanks. The result, says Mercedes, is its first fuel-cell car to be comparable in all important performance measures with a petrol car - even though all we've actually seen is it driving onto the stage at the motor show unveiling.

Antarctic Expedition Prepared Researchers For Mars Project

About half a year before the robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander began digging into soil and subsurface ice of an arctic plain of Mars, six scientists traveled to one of the coldest, driest places on Earth for soil-and-ice studies that would end up aiding analysis of the Mars data.

They used duplicates of some of the Phoenix spacecraft's instruments, plus other methods, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys where breaks in the south polar ice sheet leave windswept rocky terrain exposed. Their two-week expedition, overlapping New Year's Day 2008, was part of the International Polar Year, a multipronged scientific program focused on the Arctic and Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009.

"We wanted to gain experience with our Phoenix instruments in one of the most Mars-like environments on Earth," said Leslie Tamppari of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. She is the project scientist for Phoenix and principal investigator for the Antarctic Dry Valleys expedition, though pregnancy kept her from making the trip to Antarctica.

Like the Martian plain where Phoenix landed, the Antarctic Dry Valleys have permafrost and experience cycles of expansion and contraction that have formed the terrain into a pattern of polygons slightly higher at the centers than at the edges. Some of the valleys visited by the expedition, such as University Valley, even have Mars-like "dry" permafrost, where the soil above the ice table never warms above freezing. This makes it even more Mars-like than "wet" permafrost in Earth's Arctic and in lower-elevation dry valleys in Antarctica, where ice in the upper layer of soil thaws in the summer.

Antarctic Test of an Instrument for Mars

Beacon Valley in Antarctica provides one of the best sites on Earth for environmental conditions comparable to high-latitude regions of Mars. Like the landing site of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, Beacon Valley has a water-ice table beneath the surface and dry soil above the ice that rarely, if ever, gets warm enough for ice to melt.

Members of the science team for the Phoenix mission took instruments for Beacon Valley during a three-week expedition in December 2007 and January 2008. The results have helped them understand and interpret results from the Phoenix mission.

In this image, expedition member Doug Ming of NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, uses a field version of an X-ray diffraction and fluorescence instrument called CheMin, part of the science payload for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission slated for launch in 2011.

Image Credit: NASA "Those upper valleys are the best analog for the Phoenix site," said Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson, principal investigator for the Phoenix mission. "The soil temperatures are always well below freezing, ice is stable about 15 inches below the surface, and the extreme conditions challenge life forms to the maximum. This is as close as we can get to Martian conditions."

Sam Kounaves of Tufts University, Medford, Mass., took a working copy of the Phoenix lander's wet chemistry laboratory experiment. He collected soil samples from different depths and used that instrument to assess the concentrations of many soluble nutrients, such as calcium, magnesium and potassium. He also used other methods back at his lab to check for the same ingredients and found essentially the same concentrations. "This helps us validate the results from the wet chemistry laboratory, and gives us more confidence in the data we obtained from Mars," Kounaves said.

The wet chemistry laboratory was one of the tools Phoenix carried for investigating whether the permafrost environment on Mars has ever offered a favorable chemical environment for microbial life. It found several soluble soil nutrients in concentrations comparable to fertile soils on Earth. That's one plus for habitability. Other key factors in evaluating the site's habitability include whether the water-ice ever thaws enough to become biologically available, whether the site has a supply of carbon-based chemicals that are building blocks for life, and whether the site has an energy source organisms could use.

Midnight Sunlight on Antarctic Camp

Broad daylight at midnight illuminates a camp of researchers in Antarctica's Beacon Valley in January 2008. Scientists affiliated with NASA Phoenix Mars Lander mission traveled to the site and other Antarctic valleys for studies that aided analysis of data they later got from Mars. They used field versions of instruments on Phoenix, plus other methods, to investigate an environment that, like the Phoenix landing site, has dry soil year-round above an underground layer of water ice.

Phoenix landed on far-northern Mars on May 25, 2008, which was late spring in the northern hemisphere of Mars. For most of the three-month prime mission following the landing, the lander received round-the-clock sunshine. In Antarctica as at the Phoenix site, winter includes a long period with no direct sunshine at all.

Image Credit: NASA Results from the Antarctic expedition are helping the Phoenix team interpret results from some of the spacecraft's tools assessing those other factors, too.

Doug Ming of NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, brought back to Houston soil samples from different depths of about a dozen trenches dug in Antarctic Dry Valleys. Some of the samples will be analyzed in an engineering model of the Mars lander's oven instrument that heats samples and identifies the volatile gases driven off by the heating. This instrument on Phoenix served to study the minerals in the soil and check for carbon-containing organic compounds.

"We've kept the samples frozen and sterile since they were collected," Ming said. The analysis continues.

Phoenix used a fork-like probe, inserted into Martian soil, to study changes in the soil's humidity, electrical and thermal properties. Aaron Zent, of NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., brought one of these thermal and electroconductivity probes to the Antarctic Dry Valleys.

"You have to use the probe in undisturbed soil, not a soil sample that you've dug up," Zent said. "We got some measurements that demonstrated the functionality of the instrument."

The instrument, which was operating at temperatures some 20 Celsius degrees (36 Fahrenheit degrees) warmer than the highest temperatures Phoenix experienced on Mars, also found changes in soil electrical properties that reflected small changes in soil water over the course of the Antarctic day.

Zent is using weather records from the dry valleys, similar to the temperature and humidity data from the conductivity probe, to refine models of the Antarctic and Martian climates and the presence of thin films of unfrozen water in the soil. Soil adjacent to the ice table in the dry permafrost of University Valley does not get warmer than about minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit). That is a warmer temperature than the soil at the Phoenix landing site reaches currently, but would be a closer match to conditions at the Phoenix site a few millions years ago, when the rotation axis of Mars had a greater tilt and the poles got warmer. At such orbital configurations, conditions in the Martian high arctic might closely parallel conditions in Earth's Antarctica.

The expedition included two biologists -- Chris McKay of NASA Ames Research Center, and Susanne Douglas of JPL. Among other studies in the Antarctic Valleys, the team checked whether any microbes live close to the ice in the dry permafrost of University Valley, which had never been done before. The results of these studies, still in review, could add new understanding of the Earth's own extreme environments. If living microbes are found in the dry permafrost, this would bring us one step closer to understanding the potential habitability on Mars.

"There's no other place on Earth that combines the dryness and the coldness of the Antarctic Dry Valleys, a combination that presents a difficult challenge to life," Douglas said.

India honing edge in auto design, R&D software

High-end software like 3D, PLM, and V5 provided by software majors like Dassault Systemes, Siemens and IBM have revolutionised the way new models of vehicles are designed, tested, and manufactured. The advantages of using Indian software talent are obviously in costs. Indian engineering talent is 45 per cent cheaper than an American counterpart.

The savings in time and money gained by using high-end software are also obvious. "We are aware of anything between 25 and 40 per cent savings in time achieved by auto majors when launching a 'concept to manufacture' programme," said Vivek Marwah, country marketing head, Siemens PLM.

In high performance motorsport, where turnaround time is essential, applications like PLM have reduced design time. Toyota Motorsport uses Dassault Systemes' PLM solutions to reduce aerodynamics design time by 80 per cent and achieve the first-physical assembly of the car in only two days, compared to three weeks previously. For an F1 racing team, time saved off the track is crucial.

Costs saved in building and testing models are equally substantial. "Earlier, we used to build 50 vehicles for crash tests. Now after using virtual crash tests, we use only about 40 units," explains Dr Arun Jaura, chief technology officer, Mahindra & Mahindra.

The costs saved in tests like these vary depending upon the skill sets of engineers and the country's regulatory agency requirements. Another testing expert said most new car models launched in Europe now undergo only one physical crash test, while the rest are simulated. The costs of constructing test prototypes can be enormous.

Despite a significant amount of contribution from Indian engineers in the development of models like the Swift, Dzire and SX4, Maruti Suzuki still relies on Suzuki, Japan for training its engineers, though the automaker plans to increase its R&D strength to 1,000 by 2010.

And players like Argentum hope to offer the same in India through its tie-up with France's Dassault Systemes. "Through this tie-up, we hope to train engineers who will produce engineering solutions, and not software people to do the same," said S D Pradhan, CEO, Argentum Engineering Design.

Currently, India enjoys a reputation as a provider of low-end research work that revolve around small cars. The current challenge is to change that perception. "The country has had a reputation for low-end design work. In setting up the Mahindra Research Valley, we would demonstrate to become the epicentre of engineering design and development for high-end work. We have the potential," said Dr Jaura.

India's journey to becoming the world's hub for automobile design and development may not be easy. "Opportunities are plenty, but competition abounds. China, Latin America, East Europe... each one with certain natural advantages," said R Srinivasan, executive vice-president, Avtec, a Hindustan Motors subsidiary.